Saturday Perks!

Happy Saturday! It's Janelle here on the Technique Junkies blog today, and owl be sharing a blissfully fun card with you!

I've been an avid coffee drinker since college when late-night project deadlines became a weekly habit, and I haven't changed my creative schedule since. However last minute I may have started this card, it didn't take all night or a cup of coffee to complete, it's super easy with Technique Junkies supplies!

Shopping today?

Use code TJ10Janelle
for 10% off regular items.

Ready to find out how to make this card? Keep reading on for supplies and instructions! I'm not sure if I enjoyed this Perk Up Soon owl or Shimmering Bliss spray and stencil combo for the background, but they both create a message to lighten someone's day! Hope you can see the shimmer in this photo, click on it to see a bigger image.

Supplies

• Perk Up Soon Stamp
• Shimmering Bliss Ink Spray - Mardi Gras Purple, Miami Vice
• A Colorful Life Stencil - Arrowhead Chevron
• Nuvo Glitter Gloss Marker or Nuvo Moonstone Glimmer Paste
• White and Kraft cardstock
• Waterproof Black Ink Pad
• Alcohol Markers
• Liquid Glue
• Foam Tape

Instructions:

1. Stamp Perk Up Soon with black ink and color with alcohol markers or desired medium. 
2. Stamp image again and color only the coffee cup and trim out. Pop up with foam tape onto the main image.
3. Apply Nuvo Glitter Gloss marker or glimmer paste on the coffee cup. Let dry.
4. Place Arrowhead Chevron stencil over white cardstock and spray top half with Miami Vice Spray, then bottom half with Mardis Gras Purple. Glue onto kraft cardstock base.
5. Repeat sprays directly onto white cardstock mat slightly bigger than the stamped image.
6. Glue stamped image onto sprayed mat and glue onto card base.

Remember to use code TJ10Janelle

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See more of my projects with products from the Technique Junkies store on my blog Rain Puddles Design.

Sunflowers are kisses from the sun

Hello friends!! Giovana here today with a super cute and simple card.

I love sunflowers and next year I have decided I want sunflowers all around my yard, my husband is not on bard with this idea, but I think it will look gorgeous {wink, wink}

Anyway, let talk about this project.

I stamped the pretty Single Sunflower on a piece of watercolor paper in Versamark Ink, added White embossing powder and heat set. 

Colored the image with watercolor pencils first, then added more deep colors with Chameleon pencils.

After that, I die-cut the piece and then sprayed it using Harvest Sunset and Thulian Pink Shimmering Bliss 

Stamped the sentiment from Sunflower Sentiments on a piece of White cardstock in Red ink.

Added an extra panel behind the image and yellow twine.

 You can see the fun shimmer in this close-up picture.

Technique Junkies Products used:

Single Sunflower

Sunflower Sentiments

Harvest Sunset Shimmering Bliss

Thulian Pink Shimmering Bliss

You can get these products with a 10% discount using my code TJ10Giovana

Hope you like it!

Have a wonderful day!

Shimmering Bliss Stenciling

Today I am sharing cards made with gorgeous Chestnut Mare Shimmering Bliss Spray and the Circles Make Circles Stencil.

Remember, if you use my discount code TJ10Stephanie you can get 10% off anything in the store including Stencils & Shimmering Bliss Sprays.

This card was made with a messy third print using the over-spray of the Mist that set on top of the stencil.  I flipped the stencil over a second time (you'll see the less messy second print below) and then sprayed on a bit more Mist on the stencil and flipped it over a second time on the paper.

The Motorcycle is from the new Enjoy the Ride Stamp Set and sentiment is from Inside Out Live Forever Set of 10.

I started with a piece of paper sprayed with Miami Vice Shimmering Mist and a scrap of white cardstock for my projects.  The first and second prints are below.

The next card using the top print in the picture above and this week's TGIF Challenges Sketch.

The truck is also from the Enjoy the Ride Set (there are five vehicles and one sentiment) and the Happy Birthday is from Simple Sentiments Set 1, Style a.

I used coppery rose gold sequins to complement the metallic shimmer of the spray.

My final card is the stenciled piece made by spraying the Chestnut Mare spray through the stencil onto the Miami Vice sprayed piece of cardstock

The Airplane & sentiment are both from the Enjoy the Ride Stamp Set.

I finished with some Copper Nail Head stickers.

Have you created with the new Shimmering Bliss?  We'd love to see you share your creations in the Technique Junkies Facebook Group.

Stephanie Severin

Ingenious Inkling

Shimmering Bliss Flowers and Leaves

Hello, Beth Norman here with a Shimmering Bliss tutorial for you, showing how you can make your own flowers and leaves. Shimmering Bliss and any other product is available at 10% off simply by using my code TJ10Beth.

Spray your cardstock with Shimmering Bliss.  Here I used two colours:  Imperial Yellow and Festive Flamingo.  Let dry completely.  You can air dry or heat set.  I always like to go with air drying.

Using your embossing buddy, rub over the entire surface.  Stamp out with VersaMark and emboss with your favourite colours of embossing powders.

I stamped out a variety of colours with Swirls and Curls stamp.

For my leaves I used Vivid Volt and Imperial Yellow.  One thing that I love about Shimmering Bliss is the varigated colours you can achieve which is realistic rather than cutting out plain cardstock.

I sprayed, from left to right, Thalian Pink, Miami Vice, Imperial Yellow and Festive Flamingo mixed with Imperial Yellow.

Shimmering Bliss is truly a joy to use.  Results are different all the time.

New Technique Junkies Challenge - ATCs That Shimmer!

Today is the start of a new challenge! 

You will have a whole month to complete the challenge. Enter as many times as you wish using the link
list at the bottom of the post for a chance to win a $25 Technique Junkies Gift Certificate!

You have until September 9th to enter. Winner will be announced September 10th.

A few simple rules.

You must use Technique Junkies stamps to be chosen to win a prize.

If you don't have any Technique Junkies stamps feel free to play along and link
your project but you will not be in the drawing for a prize.

You must use the challenge technique/theme or sketch in your project (that's the challenge!)

No linking old projects. Projects must be new.

Please list Technique Junkies stamps with links in your project posts.

Please link directly to your project (not a general blog).

If you have a problem linking to the challenge contact Jeanne

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This month's challenge is ATCs that Shimmer!

Never made an Artist Trading Card (ATC) before? It's easy!

Cut your cardstock (or whatever paper you plan to use) to 2 1/2" by 3 1/2" and get decorating! Think small!

ATC's are great to have around to add to a card base for a quick card.

Here is a template that shows how to cut 10 ATCs from one sheet of cardstock.

Or... 

If you had so much fun with out last challenge and want to make Artist Trading Coins you can 

enter the challenge with those too! For those not familiar to Artist Trading Coins they are the same 

concept as regular ATCs but as a 2 1/2" circle shape. 

Want a discount? Use code TJ10Jeanne for 10% off at Technique Junkies!

My first ATC uses Never Stop Making Wishes along with Shimmering Bliss in Mixed Metals (Topper) and Mardi Gras Purple. I added dimension to the flowers with Nuvo drops.

My next ATC uses Enjoy The Ride (set of 6) along with Shimmering Bliss in Harvest Sunset and Mermaid.

My last ATC uses Throw Kindness along with Shimmering Bliss in Thulian Pink, Just Squeezed and Dazzle (Topper). I used a number of colors of Nuvo Drops for my "confetti".

Have a great day! 

Jeanne

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Technique Junkies ATC Coin Challenge Winner!

Thank you to everyone that entered our ATC Coin challenge!

The winner of our Technique Junkies ATC Coin Challenge is:

Holly Brown

Please contact Jeanne for prize information within 7 days.

Check out sweet ATC Coin using Hope is a Thing!



Have a great day!

Sunflowers, Two Ways

Hi Technique Junkie Fans!

Hello Everyone!

The calendar says summer, but the school year says fall.  It is that time of year to head back to school and that means pumpkin spice is right around the corner!  I pulled out my sunflower stamps to make some 'feeling a bit like fall' cards.  If you are planning on shopping, you can get 10% off your order using code TJ10LeeAnn. 
You are probably wondering where the sunflower stamp is on the first card~

If you look closely, you can see the outline of the Single Sunflower stamp.  This is actually a Gel print.  I used various colors or acrylic ink and the Scribble Mask Stencil from A
Colorful Life on my gel plate.  When I was happy with my results, I carefully pressed the Single Sunflower image into the plate and lifted it off, removing the top layer of paint.  I took my print and let it dry.
I really like how this turned out.  I kept it simple and just heat embossed the sentiment from the Sunflower Sentiments set.

The next card is completely different!

I used a technique that Jennifer McGuire has shared, called 'fast watercoloring'.  The flower and leaves were heat embossed in gold on watercolor paper.  Using distress inks, I literally just rubbed the ink to the flower- direct to paper.  Once I had my image covered with ink, I spritzed it with water and set it aside to dry.  Once completely dry, I fussy cut out the flower and leaves.  I assembled them, along with a couple of die cuts onto a die cut hoop wreath.  The sentiment, Always Be There, was stamped with the MISTI for perfect placement. 

That's it for me!  Thanks for stopping by.  Don't forget, you can get 10% off of your entire order (excluding clearance) with code TJ10LeeAnn. 

Happy crafting! 

Lee Ann